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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 105. Not illustrated. Chapters: Neustadt an Der Aisch, Dachsbach, Ergersheim, Middle Franconia, Uehlfeld, Wilhelmsdorf, Bavaria, Gerhardshofen, Bad Windsheim, Scheinfeld, Illesheim, Neuhof an Der Zenn, Munchsteinach, Burgbernheim, Hagenbuchach, Langenfeld, Bavaria, Markt Erlbach, Trautskirchen, Gallmersgarten, Markt Taschendorf, Uffenheim, Markt Bibart, Markt Nordheim, Oberickelsheim, Oberscheinfeld, Baudenbach, Gutenstetten, Marktbergel, Ippesheim, Simmershofen, Burghaslach, Gollhofen, Weigenheim, Dietersheim, Sugenheim, Hemmersheim, Obernzenn, Emskirchen, Diespeck, Ipsheim. Excerpt: Neustadt an der Aisch (officially: Neustadt a.d.Aisch) is a small town in the northern part of Bavaria (Germany), within the Franconian administrative region Middle Franconia, and it is the capital of the German district Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim. The abbreviation on German car number plates is NEA. As of June 30, 2005, it has about 12,431 inhabitants. The current Mayor is Klaus Meier. In 741, for the first time, Riedfeld, the town's root settlement, was documented as the German king's court. However, it lasted until 1285, when the town's name is documented for the first time as "Nivenstadt." At the end of the 12th century, Neustadt became part of the sovereign territory of the burgraves of Nuremberg, the dynasty of the Hohenzollern. The House of the Hohenzollern developed Neustadt into an economical, political and also cultural centre of its region, mainly because of its favourable geographical position in the middle of the main trade route between Wurzburg and Nuremberg. At the end of the 15th century, Margrave Albrecht Achilles and Kurfurstin (Electress) Anna completed Neustadt as a stronghold. In 1553, in the Second Margrave War, the town was burnt down. Afterwards, a long lasting phase of construction and extension began. This phase ended...
